with Zara Janjua

Available for 10 days

Zara’s Spiritual Life guest this week is rock icon, writer, broadcaster and the undisputed First Lady of Rock ’n’ Roll — Suzi Quatro! Suzi reflects on her Detroit roots, her six‑decade career, and how her Catholic faith and family influences have shaped her extraordinary journey. What’s it like to stumble across your birth mother on Facebook? And how do you honour the parents who raised you while still satisfying a deep curiosity about where you came from? These are some of the questions explored in a deeply personal new memoir by poet Luke Wright. He’ll share how he has come to reconcile his identity as an adopted child. Performer Sadiq Ali tells Zara how his own lived experience as a queer circus artist and HIV activist has shaped his latest work, ‘Tell Me’— a piece that follows a woman coming to terms with her HIV diagnosis and confronting stigma, silence, and misunderstanding. Zara’s Faith Forum panel this week are Dr Eve Poole, Fr Philip Blackledge, and Talat Yaqoob. They reflect on some of the major stories – Melinda French Gates says we’re going through a ‘societal reckoning’ following the latest Epstein disclosures, we look at what true reckoning means, beyond headlines, beyond shock, and into real change. As the Loneliness Epidemic continues — even in a world more digitally connected than ever — we ask why so many people still feel alone, and what real human connection looks like now. With Glasgow’s Argyle Street Ash Tree now representing the UK in the European Tree of the Year competition, we consider why trees, in our faiths, our stories, and our daily lives, hold such meaning and continue to ground us in a fast‑changing world. And as The Muppets return, Zara and her panel revisit the TV shows that shaped us, and the ones we carried with us.